Guardian Cryptic #28163

2020-06-18

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Across

8a

Many giving learner advice? Cross about it (8)

9a

Select smart response, finally putting nothing in (6)

10a

Heartless type shot big game (4)

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11a

Resort to guessing just a little bit (10)

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12a

In hot spots, supported by fellow not offering 8 9 (6)

14a

Again charge one male among rest (8)

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15a

Apart from some enigmas, understood (7)

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17a

Name for rich fabriccould be A, B, C, D, or E (7)

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20a

I am entering E, say, as rough guess (8)

22a

Evaluate dunces, repeating one part for the fourth time (6)

23a

Put in A, B, C, D, or E, say? I'm naiveit's wrong (10)

24a

Missing some obvious answers (4)

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25a

Agree possible sequence of answers for 8, 9, 10 with five options (6)

26a

A, B, C etc, as periodically arranged? He and I are with them (8)

Down

1d

8 in varied menualmost get excited (8)

2d

Change 10? Don't change it! (4)

3d

Chooses to get involved, making absurd points (4,2)

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4d

Ingredient for festive drink in pubsthey have no 9 (7)

5d

More bats coming to second team? That is right (8)

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6d

They remove unwanted bits as well with most of the selections (10)

7d

Those in cast, otherwise selection of one (6)

13d

Oddly dynastic head of news­paper that's also published elsewhere (10)

16d

Cut up, dug up, subjected to 10 (8)

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18d

Reason for crackpaper over it in housework? (8)

19d

Person who chooses answers inferior to A, B, C, followed by drink (7)

21d

Change to another option, show­ing intelligence in school (6)

22d

We agree about pressure on European ancestors of ours? (6)

24d

Swing killed a lot in US? All of the above (4)